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3 country houses. going to sleep. in an honest way they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds or. defends his record against corruption. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have your company in many parts of africa women and girls all still subjected to the harmful practices female genital mutilation if g.m. has no health benefits and in many cases causes severe problems the world health organization says it's a violation of the human rights of girls and women today is the international day off. tolerance for if the m.l.

correspondent flora she brings us this report from a town in nigeria where some activists are working to end the practice which is deeply rooted in the culture there. akpap. a small village in nigeria scrushy of our state's female genital mutilation ev g.m. is still a major part of the culture here almost every girl has been circumcised bessie was a quarter before she became a midwife at the local hospital she says she doesn't want to try to show that ain't even some men who are not married if you don't move somehow knows that when the it was down to use that vision any girl that refuses to be caught is considered fealty people in the community refused to associate with her it's believed that a girl only becomes a woman after she has been caught bessy demonstrates how the cutting is done 3 or

4 women have to hold for go down during circumcision to prevent her from running away. you lay this. stance. towards some herbs are then used to stop the bleeding most of the girls our courts as teenagers we try to talk to some of them who were recently caught but they refused to speak against the tradition because they felt intimidated by the order we made in 2015 and i'm german government introduced a law that is aimed towards protecting women and girls from f g m and also punishing offend us but many people especially in rural communities and villages and not even aware that this will exists gived and activists working to stop the practice of g.m. the couple have been physically attacked by village us for trying to end the age

long tradition today they have come to says the thais these women about the dangers of female circumcision as soon as they remain here they could be arrested if the courts practice in g.m. they agree that it should end gift on a blue sea that while many order women are turning away from the practice younger ones are picking up the treat with them if you treat your father as a mechanic exhibit with your mother's resumes dress you decide to be the truth if you have parents. who desire to be betrayed. internationally the goal is to end evje by 2050 but gift and i will see that on 2 attitudes change on the ground it's going to take much more time than that. yesterday we reported from minnesota on the murder charges brought against the country's 1st lady me to bunny appeared in court in the capital maceo she was

remanded in custody by magistrates they have but she appealed to the high court which granted bail immediately despite best police say they are convinced of their case has the deputy commissioner off police cid to say that we have court on believe it is. said to the charge that all those who are suspects talked about you can do the names out without a photo. of you all of the view that justice has to be done and even in person we have that if you doubt that she he's competed in the commission of crime if you call it good you know if it is we can just safely put that particular person before the courts over the drugs. and gold as president joel lawrenceville came to power 2 and a half years ago on a page to create jobs and push on with developments the opportunity was there and

all enjoyed a healthy income from oil but there were doubts too there insole came from the same party as outgoing president she'll say it wanted to shantel sue ruled the country for 38 he is corruption has blighted the economy for decades that's highlighted by the fresh allegations that the former president's daughter stole hundreds of millions of donna's so what about the streets of angola have promises of a new start in fulfilled the wanda to find out. you wonder the capital of angola on display in the city's center is evidence of the massive oil wealth that is poured into the southern african country in recent decades. but just a few kilometers away is another angola one of poverty and mass unemployment. we ask locals has the new president changed anything.

there is a change but it's all happening much too slowly. nothing has changed yet and we don't even have drinking water you know. the government should at least deal with waste removal when it rains here there are floods that sometimes drag away our children our houses are ruined too we have many problems here. but we want the new president runs so to think about us. things are very bad for us here our country is rich but we don't see any of it. people have a lot of money but we are suffering here. you're wild and so took office 2 years ago his predecessor had been in power for 38 years lorenzo's ernest attempts at confronting the rampant corruption have surprised many here he's even

confronted former party allies. it's precisely because i have seen these high levels of corruption. because i think it must be stopped. that we are fighting what we've witnessed for decades. it might be comfortable for us to leave things as they were before. be correct. my. city if we have a chance to make a change. and this is the right time to do it a woman. lauren so is even going after the former president's children especially isabel dos santos. she's africa's richest woman and has been accused of illegally diverting hundreds of millions of dollars from state coffers to a company's. many important businesses are still controlled by isabel just santos

and the leaked documents the so-called one the leaks showed she could often count on the help of her father the former presidents and will probably take the courts can establish the scale of the corruption in the country and punish the perpetrators. so has the era of corrupt elites in angola past residents of the capital of london slums have the downs they want to see concrete results. so that's the situation in the wonder today on friday germany's chancellor angela merkel will be visiting the country she'll be taking a business station with i'll. set down with president to find out what kind of opportunities the visit. you visited germany in 2018 and now the german chancellor chancellor merkel will be coming here what are you expecting of visits noirish.

we have great expectations for this visit. given that the relations between angola and germany have always been good. and now on february the 7th we hope to sign you cooperation agreements with germany. for you so you've been trying to or to persuade the german government to sell warships and because of the german opposition that did not happen we understand that last time when you were in berlin you were very optimistic that you could reach a conclusion what is the status at the moment. we're still interested provided that we get financing guarantees from germany as maritime safety is important to us about the body of countries here in the gulf of guinea. and recently this region has been threatened by maritime piracy yes but people tell me about it you. know your economy is struggling because of the loss of price you're trying to divert diversify the economy but you're also trying to privatise

state business some people are skeptical that this will draw bias from outside the usual elites because they are the ones who have the money to invest in it how are you trying to avoid that. maybe. we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies were assessed. as going to these muslim if you could move that doesn't mean exchanging one a leaf or another by means of the same so-called racial material capital accumulation as happened with the current elites. with some pretty vocal copy doc morcombe so it was a ploy to meet the most good and we want to create elites every country has elites . but they must work honestly and what they are in an honest way. going at a form that can see them that in. how they must be capable of creating jobs without

using public funds where i would put it to no one is against elites who are just against the way the current elites became rich in an illicit way that needs to be made clear if you can if you quit the german chancellor coming to visit with a business delegation that we ask in the end what is your message to the business will we if you meant being in an investment is welcoming on bottles we're doing our part we're creating a better business environment in angola day after day the boss. or my vision due to one of the measures is precisely fighting corruption so the foreign investment in angola is safe. and well that that's what there is guaranteed return and if it happens everyone will win. the foreign investors will win and my country will win and goto will win. and that's why i will leave it today on news africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and

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try to stay. calm. i. am not proud and they will not succeed in dividing us about not succeeding taking the people off the streets because we're tired of trying to show. taking the stand global news that matters. made for mines. hello welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we'll be looking back and talking about the amazing career of hollywood legend douglas who passed away on wednesday also coming up slow fashion is all the rage at the moment long lasting photos made from sustainable materials. and music legends

as seen through the lens of linda mccartney on show in western germany. douglas was born danielle of it impoverished jewish russian immigrants so his life really was a rags to riches story unlike other screen idols of the post-war era he manage the transition to more serious roles and also became the producer of some of his major films like sponsor kiss he made over 80 movies and stood up against the blacklist in hollywood in the mccarthy era a true legend of the cinema who's died at age 103. in film and in life he was the underdog who refused to take things lying down. his most famous moment was asked and roman gladiator who led a slave revolt in the 1960 movie spartacus i was like champion trying to

punch my way to success.